color is a learned thing

i came to realize that no matter what kinda palette i create someone has already created something similar. so true that there’s only so many different color combinations that look good. even though there are different hues to the same color, still they speak the same feelings and emotions. they might have a different hex# but they look the same next to the same purple/red/blue/yellow/whatever. i don’t even log into my colourlovers account anymore, i kinda just browse through the new palettes and they pretty much all have been done before. so much for this craze it’s just a phase.

5.5mph!

yay! i am a running machine! (okay you! yeah you, stop laughing! i didn’t start at the same place you did 5.5 is pretty darn good for me okay?!) it was hard when it got to the 2nd half of the mile but i knew i could do it so i kept on reminding myself and i did it! yay! and i got a better idea of where i am, .. 5.5 is a good work out, 6 would be a challenge. oh i think what helped was the orange juice. i normally have oatmeal+milk before i go work out but that takes longer time to digest (the protein) and according to what i read was too fibery, the result was either i didn’t wait long enough to go to the gym ended up upsetting my stomach or i simply just got distracted while waiting ended up reading books or putzing around online. so liquid juice with high sugar content would be perfect! it took me 30mins to feel ready to run.

oh and the leaks in the bathroom and the kitchen are fixed. and i’m eating complex carb healthy yummy shredded wheat, umm.. sooooo good!

not a bad start for the day huh? now all i need is coffee..

2 addictions

colourlovers.com and DDR (dance dance revolution).

you know you’re addicted when..

working out

i tried to run a mile at 5mph today and i did it, and it didn’t kill me. i never really thought of myself as strong or athletic or really fit so when it comes to exercise i underestimate myself more often than not, but surprise surprise i’m actually better than i thought, so no excuses for not doing my best from now on!

dance revolution

i give up, ..

okay so this little graphic thingy i kinda did it at work today, my thoughts ideas style change too often it’s hard to really get good at one thing, but i guess in a sense that’s my way of resisting to become one certain type of an artist, like right now i’m kinda into grunge stuff, it has that energetic and busy rich look which i like but i try not to become too grungy i’m too afraid of being categorized i wonder if thats a good thing? sometimes i feel lost..

strawberries..

are good with whipped honey, lox is good just by itself, or with eggs on toasted bagel, and some hot miso soup, ..sucks i accidentally pressed back key and a lot of my writing got lost ..giant leafy salad is the secret to a good poop, carbs are very important don’t ever get on a none/low carb diet please, for your own good, physically and psychologically but make sure it’s the healthy complex carb not the stuff that goes right into your blood stream.. food is a magical thing, it nourishes it comforts, it brings people together, it tells people apart, it heals it poisons, some starve some over-do it, it’s the most universal religion it’s the common joy everybody’s entitled to, it’s an art form it’s science, it’s physical logical it’s emotional, ..it’s too late into the night to write about something like food, i should of told my toenail story instead..

just do it

i should write more, like use more words to describe each thing i write about, as a way of practicing and as a way of “finding my voice”. okay that sounds good. i mean i do like writing, but a lot of times i don’t have much to say. i have thoughts too during the day but none of them i really really wanna write down. but i should just start writing, about something small, like my toenail (btw, i do have an interesting story about my toenail, but that’s another blog). and not to analyze too much because it’s all about letting your thoughts/who you are flow on paper and finding your voice and apparently it’s something you cant engineer but only “find” through writing. okay so i guess i'll “just do the damn thing!”

oh have you seen my new aim smileys?? they are so cute!

yeah so back to the writing thing, i think i’m just gonna do it!

diedrich coffee closed down

bought by starbucks back in sept 2006.

yesterday was the last day their santa monica location (on lincoln and montana) was open. made the routine run for my last cup of diedrich’s coffee and a poppyseed danish. diedrich has been serving me good coffee since my college years. esppcially the store in brea, witnessed a very emotional time in my life and the tremendous amount of growth that followed. since i started working a few blocks away from their santa monica location, diedrich turned me, the occasional drinker into a believer. now as i throw away the empty cup from my desk, diedrich becomes history.

i’m a bobbing bobcat

with an average time of 0.2742 seconds, what about you?
>>shoot some darts at some sheeps

jan 1, 2007

i spent the first 4 hrs of my first day of 2007 at the giant party in downtown LA. we walked into the party literally 2 mins before the count down we wished each other happy new year. then we went from tent to tent to find ferry corsten and catched most of his set. of course it was awesome as always. i just love the guy’s energy when he spins he seems so into it he dances to his own music smiles at the crowd constantly waves according to the beats and that is contagious. we were right in front of the stage the whole time dancing even thought it was tightly packed. armin van buuren came up at 2am, he was doing a good job i must say, very strong beats that my body follows without much effort. we stuck around until finally we couldnt stand the gurl next to us blowing smokes and screaming “amin i love you, i want you” anymore, she was beautiful and very friendly but sorry we cant hang gurl. we tried to sit down at the sitting area but poorly designed the area was not heated, we tried to get some chicken kebab but it was so freakin expensive and still so many people waiting in line to get ripped off, we tried to walk around and play some games ride ferris wheel but it was too cold to do anything outside. we had to go back in the tent and check out sasha and john digweed’s 6 hr marathon set. i’ve never cared much for these two, but i can see why people like them, there is a reason why they are the world’s top djs, their music has some melodic variation but never loses that strong bass line, loud, so loud you feel the vibrating sensation throughout your body. it was the first time i wore ear plugs to a party and didn’t wear my contact lens so much of the experience was through my other senses but it was fun nonetheless. lots of our friends were there too as i found out later, but many of them left early and we didn’t get to hang out together. korean tofu house were “cleaning the kitchen” when we got there. we were too tired to point out how lame the excuse was and just went straight home and crashed.

slept til 2pm got up made french toast, ate, went back to sleep again, got up made some noodles, ate, putz’ing around on the internet.

according to the chinese culture, what you do what you say what you eat on the first day(s) of the new years could well present what you will be doing for the rest of the year. so now that the first day of the new year is almost over, i’m thinking.. it could be a good year, if i just party, eat, and sleep, then it will be a good year indeed.